Educators Supporting Successful Transitions to Kindergarten
Find out what key components can help ensure children’s successful transitions to kindergarten. Learn about practical ways staff can support families during the transition process.
Transition to Kindergarten
The transition to kindergarten involves preparing young children and their families for the move from early childhood programs to elementary school.
Resources in this collection focus on enhancing parent–child relationships, facilitating effective transitions, partnering with local schools, planning collaboration meetings, preparing for school visits, and more.
Transition to Kindergarten: Engaging Families
Learn how a Head Start program partners with families as they prepare for kindergarten. Explore ways to partner with families and receiving elementary schools during children's transition to kindergarten.
Launching the Transition Process
Learn how Head Start staff can partner with families and introduce the importance of the transition to kindergarten from the start.
Your Child Is Going to Kindergarten: Making the Move Together
This guide offers tips, organized across a timeline, for families to engage in the kindergarten transition and support their children throughout the process.
Leadership Practices for Successful Transitions to Kindergarten
Find research-based practices and activities to help leaders create successful transitions to kindergarten. Use this information to support the four points of connection that are key to transitions.
Ready, Set, Go! Planning a Kindergarten Registration Event
Use this step-by-step guide to plan and host a successful kindergarten registration event. Find ways to engage all four points of connection to support families in the enrollment process.
Transition to Kindergarten: Policy Connections at a Glance
Explore national kindergarten transition policies. Learn how these policies inform the decision-making and practices of Head Start and elementary school leaders as they support the transition process.
Transition to Kindergarten: Supporting Children Who Are Dual Language Learners (DLLs)
Discover information and strategies to help Head Start program staff support children who are dual language learners (DLLs) and their families as they make the transition to kindergarten.
Leaders Supporting the Transition to Kindergarten
Explore the key parts of successful kindergarten transitions. Learn how staff and elementary school leaders can use information, relationships, and alignment to support smooth transitions for Head Start children.
Using Professional Development to Support Transition to Kindergarten
Explore strategies to support transitions from Early Head Start up to kindergarten. Discover how professional development and relationships between Head Start programs and receiving schools support the process.